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Staples is once again waiving purchase fees for digital Visa gift cards sold online. This type of deal is always popular, so you’ll want to buy ASAP if you’re interested.
The Deal
Buy $200 virtual Visa gift cards with no purchase fee at Staples.com.
With the launch of Bilt 2.0 in February 2026, Bilt had said that members would eventually be able to use some amount of Bilt Cash toward Blacklane rides. That functionality is finally live, though it is limited to a single use per calendar year, and the booking experience through Bilt leaves a lot to be desired. The price through Bilt was also about 3.1% higher for the first ride I checked, so you’ll want to check against the cost to book directly with Blacklane. Still, this could be a decent one-time use of Bilt Cash.
The Deal
Bilt and Blacklane have finally launched a partnership whereby Bilt Rewards members can redeem Bilt Cash one time per year for a discount toward booking a Blacklane chauffeur service ride in the Bilt app as follows:
Bilt Members may redeem Bilt Cash toward Blacklane bookings, subject to the terms
and conditions set forth below. Members are eligible to redeem Bilt Cash for one (1)
Blacklane credit per calendar year. Credits are issued on January 1 each year and
expire at the end of the year in which they are issued. The available credit amount varies by Member tier as follows:
● Platinum Members: one (1) credit of up to one hundred fifty dollars ($150)
● Gold Members: one (1) credit of up to one hundred dollars ($100)
● Blue and Silver Members: one (1) credit of up to fifty dollars ($50)
Key Terms
Redeem your credit at checkout for your Blacklane ride booked through the Bilt app or
website.
Blacklane credits expire at the end of the calendar year in which they are
redeemed.
Blacklane credits are subject to the Blacklane program terms of service
available at https://www.blacklane.com/en/terms/
Quick Thoughts
Blacklane is a car service facilitator that bills itself as providing a chauffeur service experience. In reality, Blacklane is just a booking platform that connects customers to local chauffeur service companies. If that sounds a lot like Uber but for chauffeury-rides, you’re on the right track.
However, Blacklane tends to be significantly more expensive than traditional rideshare services. Some price difference is warranted, given that it provides a scheduled ride with someone who has some built-in waiting time rather than an on-demand service. And in some cases, the difference in price may not seem totally unreasonable.
You can now book a Blacklane through the “Car Service” tab in the Bilt app or on the Bilt website (under “Rewards”).
Unfortunately, the experience of trying to book through Bilt isn’t intuitive. Both in the app and on the desktop site, I was trying to type in the name of my hotel (which starts with “Le”), and the only results it would give me were airport codes. I then tried typing in “Grand Hyatt Dubai” in the search box (this isn’t a hotel where I’ll be staying; I’m just using it as an example to show how poorly the system works), and it gives me a long list of airport codes that have nothing to do with the search.
If you scroll past the list of airport codes, you’ll eventually find a list of “Places”, where the Grand Hyatt Dubai hotel does show up, but I tried using the app multiple times over several days to book a ride and I didn’t realize that there was anything in the list other than airport codes (because who would repeatedly scroll beyond a list of search results that are irrelevant to the search terms?). The odd thing is that the search experience in the Blacklane app works exactly as you would expect — enter Grand Hyatt Dubai, and the Grand Hyatt Dubai is the only search result it populates.
Once you know that search quirk, you can at least use Bilt to book a Blacklane and earn an extra 1 point per dollar when booking through Bilt or redeem Bilt Cash once per year toward a ride.
I view these coupons as a good way to use up some Bilt Cash that might otherwise expire at the end of the year anyway to get a slight discount on a ride if you’re able to use one to cover a ride in full (or nearly in full). This isn’t a face-value use unless you’re already a Blacklane customer, but it will be useful in some circumstances.
It just so happens that I will need a ride to an airport in a couple of weeks where a Blacklane would be just a bit over $100, so I thought this might make for a good use of Bilt Cash. An Uber for a similar ride looks like it would ordinarily be less than $50, but scheduling one in advance would be more like $85, so Blacklane isn’t a bad alternative given other parameters (like the fact that I need the ride at a very early hour when I might otherwise have difficulty finding a rideshare driver).
I was disappointed to see that booking through the Bilt app would cost about 3.1% more than booking directly through Blacklane for the car type I wanted (I checked a different car type and Bilt was 3.6% more expensive). While those are relatively small markups, it nonetheless erodes the value of the Bilt Cash redemption. It also means that it probably isn’t worth booking through Bilt for the extra 1 point per dollar spent rather than simply booking through Blackalne, since you would effectively be buying the extra Bilt point for more than 3c.
That led me to check an airport pickup from the Grand Hyatt Dubai since I had already entered that hotel to search. For a random date ride to Dubai airport (DXB), booking through Bilt was about 9.4% more expensive than booking through Blacklane. Bilt was charging $44.34.
The same ride booked directly through Blacklane would be 148.82 AED (~$40.52).
It still might be worth using a $50 Bilt Cash coupon in that sort of situation if you’ve got Bilt Blue or Silver status and will otherwise have Bilt Cash expire, but it is worth comparing prices to know that what you’re getting makes sense for your situation.
Citi ThankYou Rewards has launched a 25% transfer bonus when transferring points to Leading Hotels of the World Leaders Club. With this transfer bonus, Citi Strata Premier and Strata Elite cardholders can expect to get around 2 cents in value per Citi ThankYou Rewards point, so this can be a great deal if you find a solid redemption.
The Deal
Through 11:59pm ET on September 19, 2026, Citi ThankYou Rewards is offering a 25% transfer bonus when you transfer Citi ThankYou points to Leading Hotels of the World Leaders Club. With this transfer bonus, Citi Strata Premier, Strata Elite, Prestige, and AT&T Access More cardholders will get the following ratio:
1,000 Citi ThankYou points = 250 Leading Hotels of the World Leaders Club points
Key Terms
Cardholders with eligible Citi cards can transfer ThankYou Points to Leaders Club and receive 25% bonus points.
Offer is valid for Point Transfers to Leaders Club completed by 11:59 PM ET September 19, 2026.
Quick Thoughts
The ordinary transfer ratio from premium Citi cards to Leading Hotels of the World is 1,000 points to 200 Leading Hotels of the World points (5:1). Since Leading Hotels of the World points are generally worth around 8c per point toward room rates (note that there is some variance, but many hotels are close to exactly 8c per point), the ordinary transfer ratio yields about 1.6c per Citi point.
With a 25% transfer bonus, every 1,000 Citi points become 250 Leading Hotels of the World points (4:1), worth about $20 toward Leading Hotels of the World properties. That’s good for a value of about $0.02 per point.
Keep in mind that Amex recently added Leading Hotels of the World Leaders Club as a transfer partner, and the ordinary transfer ratio for Amex is 4:1, so this puts a transfer from Citi on par with one from Amex. Either can be an excellent deal, particularly considering the relatively few options left for using transferable points to good value for hotel stays.
All that said, this will be of limited use given LHW’s small footprint. However, if you have upcoming travel plans where LHW could be a fit, this could be a great deal.
Staples is again offering fee-free fixed $200 Visa Gift Cards, through Saturday, August 29, 2026.
The limit is nine per customer per day in-store, although some stores may allow more. Different stores appear to have different policies regarding the variable-load cards that some Staples now sell. Some folks report that fees are waived when they purchase them…others find that they aren’t. Your mileage may vary.
The Deal
Staples in-store will waive the $7.95 activation fee when you buy a $200 Visa Gift Card.
Key Terms
Offer valid 8/23/26-8/29/26.
Limit 9 per customer per day in-store (YMMV on whether your cashier/store allows or enforces the limit).
Quick Notes
These deals can be a great way of getting rewards through spending at office supply stores. If you can buy 9 at a time in-store, that’s a potential of $1,800 that’s possible each day. Note that some stores may allow you to purchase more than 9, and we also hear occasional reports that some managers will only sell a smaller amount despite what the ad says.
Other times this deal has run recently at Staples:
Wells Fargo has extended its regular offer for new checking account customers. The offer is available in-branch or online and gives a $400 bonus when you open a new Everyday Checking account and deposit a total of $1,000 in direct deposits within 90 days. See Doctor of Credit’s list of what Wells Fargo considers a direct deposit here.
The Deal
Wells Fargo is offering a $400 bonus when you open a new Everyday Checking account and make a total of $1,000 in direct deposits within 90 days of account opening.
Open a new Wells Fargo consumer checking account with a minimum opening deposit of $25 by October 6, 2026. All account applications are subject to approval.
Within 90 calendar days of account opening (the “qualification period”), receive a total of $1,000 or more in qualifying electronic deposits to your new checking account.
A qualifying electronic deposit is a deposit of funds, such as your salary, government benefit payment, or other income, that has posted to your account and is (1) a direct deposit made through the Automated Clearing House (ACH) network, (2) an instant payment processed through the RTP® network (real-time payment system) or FedNowSM Service, or (3) an electronic credit from a third party service that facilitates payments to your debit card using the Visa® or Mastercard® network (e.g. an Original Credit Transaction). Transfers from one account to another, mobile deposits, Zelle®, or deposits made at a branch or ATM are not considered a qualifying electronic deposit.
How to get the monthly $15 fee waived
The monthly service fee can be avoided with one of the following for each fee period:
$1,500 minimum daily balance.
$500 or more in total qualifying electronic deposits
$5,000 or more in qualifying deposit balances, investment balances, or both.
On the last business day of each fee period balances in eligible Wells Fargo accounts will be automatically totaled. Eligible accounts include consumer deposit account balances (checking, savings, CDs, FDIC-insured IRAs), certain investment account balances, and applicable Wells Fargo bank fiduciary and custody accounts.
The primary account owner is 17-24 years old. (When the primary account owner reaches the age of 25, age can no longer be used to avoid the monthly service fee.).
A qualifying monthly non-civilian military direct deposit with the Wells Fargo Worldwide Military Banking program.
Terms and Conditions
This offer is for new checking customers only.
You are not eligible for this offer if:
You are a current owner of a Wells Fargo consumer checking account
You have received a bonus for opening a Wells Fargo consumer checking account within the past 12 months
You are a Wells Fargo employee
Once the 90-day qualification period has elapsed, we will determine if you have met the offer requirements and will deposit any earned bonus into your new checking account within 30 days.
The new checking account must remain open throughout the 90-day qualification period and at the time we attempt to deposit any earned bonus payment. Please note that an account with a zero balance may be closed by us without prior notice, as further described in the Deposit Account Agreement.
You are responsible for any federal, state, or local taxes due on the bonus and we will report as income to the tax authorities if required by applicable law. Consult your tax advisor.
The terms require the account to remain open until the 90-day qualification period ends, so it’s important to understand the requirements to avoid the $15 monthly fee. You could schedule a monthly $500 ACH deposit into the account and then transfer most of it back out to keep the account free, or just leave $1,500 in the account. There’s no early termination fee if you close the account. Still, with Wells Fargo, it’s generally considered best practice to leave it open for at least a few months to avoid getting blacklisted from future bonuses.
